Saturday, 8 March 2014

I first discovered DJ Tyrer's work with The Yellow House, a limited
edition chap book from Dunhams Manor Press(a weird fiction imprint of
Jordan Krall's Dynatox Ministries) and being into Chamber's Carcosa
mythos and the work of Joseph Pulver, Sr. I *had* to read it and The
Yellow House did not disappoint. There was a pervasive creepiness to the
book that channeled the gentlemen of weird fiction of day's past. The
book was haunting...and this new story, Acting Strangely conveys the
same creepy vibe.

Acting Strangely is a King in Yellow story which
springs from the premise of, someone reads the Play and goes insane.
This time a successful actor reads it, and attempts to 're-write and
direct The King in Yellow into a TV movie and the results are as
horrifying as they are revelatory.

You will notice I had the honor of
blurbing this book and I've shared a TOC with Tyrer, but don't think
this biased. With his infamous Yellow Site, creepy style, and dedication
to weird fiction, DJ Tyrer is a writer and voice to look out for. This
guy is good.

Monday, 3 March 2014

My new novella, Acting Strangely, is available on Kindle from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk now for £1.85/$3.07.

Fast cars, fast women, booze and pills, a new and peculiar project:
Sebastian Park is acting strangely. But, is it merely a mid-life crisis,
a nervous breakdown or something far stranger? Do the answers lie
within the musty pages of The King In Yellow or in his troubled personal
life? And, will he survive to discover the truth?

“The very nature of truth is a lie,” commented the Purple Jester.

'Gasping, his chest tightening with the repetitive exertions, he
couldn’t help but feel as if she were slowly draining his life from him.
Looking up he stared at her face, which seemed hideously like a waxy
mask, pasty and lifeless, a parody. His vision seemed to swim and his
head spin, it was as if she sucked his life out through her primal
action and he fell into an all-encompassing darkness...'